If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIf it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
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The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one’s faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one’s memories.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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